Collaborate 2024
Melbourne CEW Annual Dinner
Welcome Melbourne
Menu
Entree
Grilled citrus prawn, spiced bloody mary dressing, baby gem lettuce, confit tomato, sourdough wafer
Dietary: Roasted seasonal baby vegetables, spiced bloody mary
dressing, baby gem lettuce, confit tomato, sourdough wafer* V
Main Course
Alternative Service
Pedro Ximenez braised Gippsland beef cheek, whipped potato, roast shallot, and mushroom
Petuna ocean trout, saffron braised chickpea curry, broccolini, cardamon yoghurt
Dietary: Butternut pumpkin, silver beet, feta cheese pithivier, cauliflower puree, roast baby vegetables*
Dessert
Alternative Service
Gianduja chocolate cremeux, yuzu lime gel, hazelnut jaconde, praline crunch
Pecan caramel tart, Granny Smith cremeux, salted toffee sauce
Dietary Disclaimer:
If you have pre-ordered a special meal, please advise your waiter. Please note that whilst Crown Events will endeavour to accommodate requests for special meals for customers with food allergies or intolerances, we cannot guarantee complete allergy-free meals due to the potential of trace allergens in the working environment and supplied ingredients. Crown practises responsible service of alcohol.
Fundraising
Every ticket sold in the raffle helps fund our CEW Scholarships program, which empowers women around the country to advance their careers through incredible education opportunities.
Help raise funds for CEW Scholarships and other initiatives in these two ways!
Go in the draw to win one of 15 incredible prizes on offer, donated kindly by our supporters. Buying raffle tickets is an easy way to engage in our fundraising activities*.
The raffle will be drawn in Perth on Thursday 30 May.
*Unfortunately CEW is NOT able to sell raffle tickets to ACT and NT residents. Only available if you are 18 and over.
Raffle Permit Numbers
NSW: GOCAU/2357, VIC: 10076/24, SA: M14553, WA: LS221392124, QLD: 227584
Register with Gala Bid to review the Melbourne prizes and start bidding.
Winners will be announced at the end of the night. Some of our prizes include:
AICD Company Director Course
Qantas Gift Voucher
Crown Towers Melbourne Accomodation
Event Program
6pm
Guests Arrival
7pm
Formal proceedings begin
9.30pm
Formal proceedings end
10.30pm
Event to finish
Panel Discussion
Kate Jenkins
Panellist
Chair, Creative Workplaces Council; Former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Bridget Loudon
Panellist
Founder & CEO at Expert360
James Thomson
Moderator
Australian Financial Review’s Chanticleer columnist
Kate Jenkins AO is a leader who has led cultural reform and advanced diversity, inclusion and performance in Australian workplaces, sport, parliament, education and the security sector. Kate is Chair of the Creative Workplaces Council and was a Football Australia Legacy Ambassador for the FIFA2023 Women’s World Cup.
Kate was previously the Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commissioner and an employment lawyer with Herbert Smith Freehills. Kate has served on the boards of Berry Street Victoria, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Play by the Rules and Carlton Football Club.
Bridget worked for Bain & Co in Sydney before the founding of Expert360 in 2013, at age 25, with a mission of allowing companies to power agile, project-based workforces.
Today, Expert360 is APAC’s leading marketplace and management platform powering the freelance economy.
She has won numerous accolades such as Forbes 30 Under 30, Deloitte Fast50 Fastest Growing Female-Led Tech Company, Top 100 Women of Influence in Australia, FutureMakers list of Australia’s top 25 Emerging Entrepreneurs under 25, Shoestring’s Top 50 Australian female entrepreneurs under 40, and is the youngest independent director of an ASX200 company (Telstra).
James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine.
In Conversation
Frances Rings
Speaker
Artistic Director at Bangarra Dance Theatre
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz
Speaker
President of Chief Executive Women
Frances Rings is a descendant of the Wirangu and Mirning Tribes from the West Coast of South Australia. She was appointed Artistic Director of Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2023.
Frances has created nine works for Bangarra: Rations (Walkabout, 2002) Bush (2003, co-choreographed with Stephen Page), Unaipon (2004), X300 (2007), Artefact (2010), Terrain (2012), Sheoak (2015), SandSong (2021, co-choreographed with Stephen Page), and Yuldea (2023). Frances has received multiple awards for her work including six Helpmann Awards, a Deadly Award, Australian Dance Award and a Green Room Award.
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz was appointed Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director in August 2012 and a Director of Mirvac Board in November 2012.
Prior to this appointment, Susan was Managing Director at LaSalle Investment Management. Susan has also held senior executive positions at MGPA, Macquarie Group and Lend Lease Corporation, working in Australia, the US and Europe.
Susan is the Chair of the Green Building Council of Australia, a Director of the Business Council of Australia, member of the NSW Public Service Commission Advisory Board, President of INSEAD.
Australasian Council and a member of the INSEAD Global Board. Susan holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Sydney and an MBA (Distinction) from INSEAD (France).
About the Australian Contemporary Opera Company
Established in 2008 (formerly known as Gertrude Opera), Australian Contemporary Opera Company has presented 350 performances, including 25 Australian and World premieres in Melbourne and regional areas. A fifteen year track record of acclaimed and award-winning productions, festivals and events.
As well as providing audiences and employment for creative professionals from Australia and overseas, ACOCO feeds the global talent pipeline, as a third professional pillar to our flagship National and State companies. Delivering Australia’s only international opera and dramatic song festival, award-winning premieres, culture projects, gallery and immersive initiatives featuring local and international artists.
Sponsors
Platinum Sponsor
Melbourne Annual Dinner Sponsors
CEW Partners
